I'm watching this here "tribute to heroes" telethon. Now for those of you fortunate enough to be outside the blast radius of this huge bomb, let me explain... it's a craptacular cascade of stars on a mission to drum up money for disaster relief efforts in NYC. However noble the cause, however, these folks cannot escape the stigma of awkward shallowness which dogs them every time they step beyond the narrow bounds of thier own dubious talents.

This vapid crapstravaganza makes a mockery of my heartfelt pain and rage. Do the people watching in weepy-eyed, starstruck hypnosis realize that the Dixie Chicks evicted a founding member because she was too old? Just look at this cavalcade of shallow bastards, worshipped by a sea of slackless consumer drones. I had been deeply moved by the tragedy of Sept. 11. This steaming pile of monkey-crap threatens to ruin that for me.

Fuck you, Limp Bizkit. "Wish You Were Here" would have been a perfect song for the occasion for anybody with ears to listen. It did not need to be "re-interpreted". Go back to your home-boy "rockin' th' house" frat-boy lyrics.

Eat a bag of shit, Bon Jovi. Go pressure your band members into having more liposuction.

Argh! That skinny bitch from Ally McBeal is on, too! It's too much. I just wasn't born with enough middle fingers for this!

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Argh! That skinny bitch from Ally McBeal is on, too! It's too much. I just wasn't born with enough middle fingers for this!

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My wife in her infinite wisdom rented a couple videos today, so we were spared the sludge-fest. I think I'll keep her.

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I honor of the event, my TV is unplugged and in the closet (a lot like wirthling, actually).

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I honor of the event, my TV is unplugged and in the closet (a lot like wirthling, actually).

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It suddenly occurs to me that we're being too hard on the putrid pile of arse. Just because a bunch of folks do things they shouldn't for a good cause and watching it makes you want to rip out your eyeballs with a tetanus-encrusted fishhook, it's still a noble cause. For that reason, I announce:

Special Event Comic Exhibition 1

The rules:

1. Your comic must consist of stripcreator charactors exercising their talents for the cause of the victims and rescuers.
   
2. There is no end date to SECE1. There is no judging. There are no winners, save for those who post and/or read truly funny comics.
   
3. Anyone may instigate SECE2 when so inspired.

I haven't owned a TV for two years. Now you know why.

Well, it's the best I could do...
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It suddenly occurs to me that we're being too hard on the putrid pile of arse.

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We are actually getting a delayed telecast of this on Sunday night. Big night for video rental libraries.

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This was a brilliant quote, by the way.

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Shame she's the only one with the full range of facial emotions really...

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Shame she's the only one with the full range of facial emotions really...

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The local game store ran a 4-hour demo of Mage Knight while that was on. I love that place.

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Man, I'm cynical.

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I just wasn't born with enough middle fingers for this!

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This was a brilliant quote, by the way.

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Yeah, I meant to say something about that, too. I'll be using that. Did you make it up or get it somewhere else? I want to attribute it properly in my quote file.

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"I wasn't born with enough middle fingers/There's no need to choose a side"
-marilyn manson, "Irresponsible Hate Anthem," Antichrist Superstar

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"Irresponsible Hate Anthem,"

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now, that would just be silly.

I bet the Smoking Manholes would do a great Responsible Hate Album.

Gah, they're repeating the Tribute to Celebrities' Egos! It was only on for the first time the other night!!!

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Isn't it about time for a responsible hate anthem?

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sing it again, now: Nazis, HUH!

What are they good for?
Absolutely nothing, except maybe compost.

Hmmm... is that getting a bit irresponsible?

no, it's very responsible to turn nazi corpses into something useful. in fact, i saw martha stewart make a plantar out of hermann goering's skull.

Does Godwin's Law apply to forums as well as usenet?

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I thought only an unintentional mention of Hitler could invoke Godwin's Law. Goering doesn't count, does he? Oh, and mentioning the Law explicitly negates it, as well, because it nearly always provokes discussion of Godwin's Law... if ya get my meaning...

...oh, and Nazi swastika armbands can be sewn into the knees of your gardening pants, to pad your knees while kneeling and working in the garden.

i can't believe dictionary.com defines godwin's law
how have i never heard about it before?
funny funny stuff

When I see this thread I think of this ->

Ashes?

Why?

But is it really ashes? Or is it a putrid pile of arse? Your answer reveals more about your psychological well-being than you might think.

The fact that I drew it, and named the two files ashes1.gif and ashes2.gif makes a difference.

Besides, if either your arse or your faeces are that colour, you are in serious trouble.

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Does Godwin's Law apply to forums as well as usenet?

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Yep. End of thread.

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Also, it originally was supposed to be comparative in nature. When an argument had degenerated to the point of "Well, if you think that, then you're some kind of Nazi."

Though there is an addendum saying that a mention of Nazism or Hitler would inevitably steer the conversation away from its original intent. Here, however, I think a mention of Godwin's law served to do that. Irony.

Wow.
I said something negative about this crapfest on IRC and people jumped up my ass about it.
While admittedly, that felt good, it was annoying to have people all over me because I was annoyed by this. What, two hours of CRAP, on every goddamn channel? Even going to Satellite didn't help you escape it, as the only channels not featuring total crap "music" were crappy channels anyway. What's funny is the fact that M2 or VH1 (can't remember which) was actually going on with regular programming!

If anyone wants to hear some decent music dedicated to fallen lives, check out Iced Earth's "Ghost of Freedom" off the new album, Horror Show. It might even bring a tear to your eyes.

Also, why have Nazis become the bad guys for everyone? Is it just politically incorrect to call the communists bad guys? National Socialism wasn't ideologically about racism in any way. And despite it's name, it had nothing to do with Socialism. Nazi high officials didn't represent an entire people, just as George W. Bush doesn't represent all people in a Democracy. National Socialists, or Nazis, means anyone who lived in Germany at the time. Anyway, have fun kids.

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The leaders are the ones who commanded those acts to be done. Nazis were no more about killing than communists were. You know why people were willing and ready to kill the people you talked about? Propaganda. The same reason hundreds of americans are all ready to go blow up Pakistan. No, I'm not morally vindicating Hitler, the leaders, or the soldiers who followed their orders, but the soldiers for the most part were just as much patriots for Germany as ours were for America. There are many ways to get some real facts, and one that you may want to look up on is the 6 million figure. Several people were killed during World War II, and there are some facts that seem to slip through the History Books. For one, the Jewish leaders had declared war on Germany before the 'Final Soloution' had been brought into play.

Furthermore, any 'Geneva Convention' ideals are for those who want to follow them. Did the Viet Cong follow the Geneva Convention? Nope. Did Communist Russia? To my knowledge, they broke or bent the rules several times. Stalin is just as guilty of hate crimes and war crimes as Hitler was.
Furthermore, when did numbers matter? Who cares if a hundred or a million people died at the hands of a dictator? Does a smaller death count make a man less evil? I don't think so.

Also, do you think our internment camps for the Japanese during WWII were much better than Nazi camps? At least they weren't under a false pretense. Yes, I think America was wholly justified in nuking Nagasaki and Hiroshima, I also hate killing on racial reasoning.

These days people refer to just about anything restrictive or inhuman as "Nazi", what about the communists? The communist state was far worse to live under for EVERYONE than the Nazi government.

Think what you like about Nazi Germany, I personally don't care either way, as I have no way to prove the facts, pro or con. Just realize that calling something 'Naziesque' is being very trite.

In the end, I'm not a neo-nazi, and don't hate any specific race. I'm also not trying to make Nazi Germany look good, but with 60 years in perspective, I'm simply trying to point out some incredible new possibilities, including the idea that maybe we shouldn't pass judgment, when the Americans never even got a chance to survey the place before Russia jumped on it. Who first suveyed the death camps? Russia. Who gave first reports on anything after that? Russia. Do you really trust Stalin?

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National Socialists, or Nazis, means anyone who lived in Germany at the time.

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And the people living in communist China aren't communists, the people living in the US aren't Capitalists.

The Taliban is not the same as the National Socialists. All I'm saying is that there are more bad people than just the Nazis, and I think the constant Nazi referrences add insult to injury when it comes to the German people. That's as much of a part of history they want to foget as slavery is to us.

You think the people of Germany had much of a choice about their government standing?

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I'm also not trying to make Nazi Germany look good, but with 60 years in perspective, I'm simply trying to point out some incredible new possibilities, including the idea that maybe we shouldn't pass judgment, when the Americans never even got a chance to survey the place before Russia jumped on it. Who first suveyed the death camps? Russia. Who gave first reports on anything after that? Russia. Do you really trust Stalin?

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The thing is, there are STILL Nazis all over the world. I understand the US is hoaching with the bastards. So when people talk about Nazis now, they often mean the present global movement, as opposed to your actual wartime Nazis.